"Yes, there is..." Nangong Wan'er looked a little unnatural.
"Tell me about it." The queen turned back and sat upright. Her face was rosy as she had just recovered from a serious illness. Although the root of the disease had not been removed, she looked the same as before.
Nangong Wan'er hesitated for a while, then lowered her voice and said, "In the memorial, the princess requested your majesty to grant Su Xian... a royal title!"
"What?"
The Queen was shocked and turned to glare at Nangong Wan'er. The calmness and calm she had just recovered suddenly collapsed. Her body swayed and she almost fell off the dragon's platform.
Nangong Wan'er also thought that Wang Jue's reward was too much, but she still repeated it.
"Kingdom? Not enough! Far from enough!" The Queen shook her head seriously, slowly sat upright, and said as if she was deep in thought: "Since I ascended the throne, only the mighty Duke can be crowned."
"The mighty Duke is a loyal and loyal man who has made indelible contributions to our Daliang. The title I bestowed upon the Duke is highly praised by everyone in the court."
"Then Su Xian actually wants to be crowned a king, haha..." The Queen chuckled, and was actually amused. Finally, with a determined expression, she said, "Unless he can make immortal contributions, the topic of knighthood cannot be raised again!"
"According to the order!"
Nangong Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief.
The Queen was in a good mood and did not punish Princess Lanling and Su Xian, which was the best result. The king of Feng was indeed overthinking and it was impossible.
Long Hu walked all the way south.
Pass by Zhenguan Hall, pass through Daye Gate and Zhulong Gate, and arrive at Wanxiang Shrine.
The prime ministers have been waiting in the Wanxiang Palace for a long time.
When the Queen took the medicine, she had already sent someone to invite them.
After the queen got rid of the dragon, she walked into the hall where the government was discussed. The prime ministers paid homage to the emperor and ministers, and the queen said that "all the ministers are equal."
"Right now, food shortage is the most urgent matter. We must prioritize raising civil and military salaries and disaster relief food funds!"
Time was running out, and as soon as the Queen sat on the throne, she pointed out the problems that urgently needed to be solved.
She slowly glanced at the dozen or so prime ministers below, and then said: "But if this happens, there will inevitably be a gap in our government's food supply, which will not be enough to support the next season's food harvest!"
The Minister of Civil Affairs issued a report saying:
"Your Majesty, don't worry! You can adjust the grain from Taicang, Guangtong, Changping, and Huiluocang to the capital to supply civil and military officials and the people in the capital; Heyangcang, Luokou, and Liyangcang will open nearby warehouses to release grain. For disaster relief needs!”
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has the title of "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhang Shi", so he is the prime minister, and he is also Li Youqing's person.
It should be said that the six ministers of the Shangshu Province, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishments, are all from Li Youqing, and they are all prime ministers of the dynasty.
The Queen nodded and said: "It's accurate!"
When Qian Zhongshu, the chief of Zhongshu Province, saw this, he was unwilling to be outdone and also came out to report:
"As for the food shortage caused by disaster relief, we can send people to Shu to buy. The price of food in Shu is two or three cents, which can help us in Daliang to tide over this difficulty."
Qian Zhongshu is a staunch princeling and is a political enemy of Princess Lanling. However, Zhongshu Province and he only had two prime ministers. In terms of the number of prime ministers, they were far inferior to Li Youqing.
The Queen nodded and said: "It's accurate!"
On the other side, Liu Shizhong, a high-ranking official in his family, was a centrist. Although Liu Shizhong did not participate in party struggles, he did not want the limelight of Menxia Province to be overshadowed by Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province, so he went out and reported:
"Your Majesty, the food shortage in our country must not be publicized to the outside world. If the people know about it, it may cause unnecessary panic; if the surrounding Shu and Liao countries know about it, let alone buying food from them, I am afraid someone will take advantage of it!"
The Queen nodded and said: "What Liu Qing said makes sense, so let's do it!"
At this point, the food shortage issue has generally been solved.
The monarch and his ministers discussed carefully for more than an hour to finalize the details, including who should be sent to open a warehouse to store grain, who should be sent to Shu to buy grain, and how to avoid leaks of information, etc.
Detailed and tedious.
If the Queen's body does not recover, she will definitely not be able to persist in the court meeting for more than an hour.
Then, the Queen set about dealing with disaster relief.
In fact, during the period when she was ill, the prime ministers had already sent "deposed envoys" to major disaster areas after consulting her to provide an overview of the military and political power in the area and facilitate disaster relief.
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There are precedents for the court to provide disaster relief, but there is actually nothing to say.
As long as the food problem is solved, everything will not be a problem...
Two of the three major problems have been eliminated, and in the end, only the crisis in Youzhou and the Liao Kingdom that is about to take action remain.
This is a long-standing problem in Daliang, and it is not easy to deal with.
At this time, a eunuch suddenly broke into the hall. Although he ran rampant, no one stopped him because he kept shouting:
"Urgent border report!"
Any urgent military information transmitted from the empire's frontiers was usually only sent to the palace gate, and then eunuchs who were responsible for delivering orders were responsible for delivering it to the emperor.
The eunuchs at this time had special privileges, and anyone who stood in his way would be punished by beheading.
This is to ensure that urgent border reports can be delivered to the emperor as quickly as possible.
"Present it quickly!"
The Queen stood up from the dragon chair and waved her hand. Nangong Wan'er had already walked towards the messenger eunuch with small but fast steps, received the urgent report, turned around and handed it to her hand.
The queen immediately unfolded it and read it in front of all the prime ministers.
There was silence in the main hall, and the prime ministers did not even dare to move. They were all wondering from which direction this urgent report was coming? Could it be Youzhou?
"The Liao Kingdom dispatched 50,000 cavalry to attack our border with Youzhou!" After reading the emergency report, the queen's face was as gloomy as water.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. There is Jimen Pass in the north of Youzhou. It is heavily guarded. Liang's 50,000 Liao troops cannot break it in a short time, even if they come with a hundred thousand troops!" Qian Zhongshu said loudly.
The Queen glanced at him and said solemnly:
"Jimen Pass has been broken and will collapse at the first touch..."
"What... the Jimen Pass that only one man can guard against ten thousand people... collapsed at the first touch!? It was breached!?" The prime ministers suddenly became confused, clapped their hands and sighed.
"Doesn't that mean that 50,000 Liao cavalry went straight to Youzhou? But there are only 20,000 soldiers stationed in Youzhou..."
"Your Majesty, what's the next step? Is there any explanation in the emergency report?"
"..."
The Queen sighed and looked ugly.
She handed the border emergency report to Nangong Wan'er, and Nangong Wan'er passed it on to the prime ministers. After the prime ministers came closer to read it, their expressions all changed drastically, and they all froze there.
The emergency report only mentioned that 50,000 Liao troops had broken through Jimen Pass. As for the follow-up, there was no word at all.
It is even more unpredictable what the situation in Youzhou City is now!
"Youzhou is the gateway to the northern frontier of the empire. If Youzhou is lost, the entire Hebei Province will be shrouded under the iron heel of the Liao Kingdom..." Someone murmured to himself.
"What happened to our Daliang? First, Hanjiacang City was burned down by a fire, then it suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and finally even Youzhou..."
"Is the sky going to kill me?" Some people muttered to themselves, feeling uneasy in their hearts.
"..."
For a moment, the monarchs and ministers in the hall were all gloomy and gloomy.
At this time, another messenger eunuch stumbled into the hall, holding a memorandum in both hands. He saw the empress bowing to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Lanling has rushed to deliver the report from 800 miles away!"
"Tang Bao?" The expressions of the Queen and the prime ministers all changed. Tang Bao usually refers to military information. Princess Lanling is in Hebei Province, so this Tang Bao should be about the situation in Youzhou.
"Present it quickly!"
The Queen's face was gloomy. After taking the Tang newspaper from Nangong Wan'er, she immediately started reading it.
The prime ministers were looking forward to it with anxiety, and there was silence in the hall.
After a long time, the Queen closed the memorial, seemingly lost in thought, and murmured to herself: "It's him again!"
